You would think R&B-tinged rap and pop-rock wouldn’t get along, but Paramore continue to impress. The group, who are busy promoting their latest album After Laughter, stopped by BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge and performed. A highlight of their set was a cover of Drake‘s infectious hit “Passionfruit.” Between Hayley Williams‘ lovely vocals and the spot on instrumentation, it’s a great cover. Check it out after the jump! For more Paramore, you can purchase a concert ticket here or buy a CD here! Please follow and like us:

“Everybody has that point in their life where you hit a crossroads and you’ve had a bunch of bad days and there’s different ways you can deal with it and the way I dealt with it was I just turned completely to music.” ― Taylor Swift The following photos were posted between April 12-23, 2015 and are shown with the original captions. To make it easy for you, we have linked each picture to the user’s account. Be sure to follow each of them so you don’t miss anything! If you missed…

The Axeon Cycling Team is a team for the next generation of cyclists in the world. Our main goal is to develop youth cyclists and get them up to the Pro Tour. In 7 years we have sent 19 riders up to the professional ranks. Our team is comprised of 12 riders all under the age of 23 years old. Being a youth based team, we definitely rely heavily on music to pass the time. Whether we are on the trainer, traveling, or in a long van transfer…music is always…

Whether you live out of state, didn’t get tickets in time, didn’t have money to get tickets, or genuinely don’t want to go to Coachella (that’s me), you can live stream the music festival from the comfort of your personal computer. The streaming of the festival, via T-Mobile and Youtube, started yesterday and will continue through this Sunday. Streaming starts at 3:30 each day. You can check out the live stream on youtube here or via the streaming site here. (Warning, the streaming site doesn’t seem to be working for…

“It was the moment I realized what music can do to people, how it can make you hurt and feel so good all at once.” ― Nina LaCour, Author, Hold Still The following photos were posted between February 6 – 13, 2015 and are shown with the original captions. To make it easy for you, we have linked each picture to the user’s account. Be sure to follow each of them so you don’t miss anything! If you missed last week’s edition you can catch up on those pictures here: Grammy Awards Edition…

Wireless Festival 2015 has been announced for London’s Finsbury Park and will take place between 3-5th of July. Drake, who was set to headline Wireless last year, before dropping out a day before his slot due to illness, has been booked as one of 2015’s headliners. He is joined by other headliners Avicii, David Guetta, Kendrick Lamar and Nicki Minaj. Please follow and like us:

Brand New, AC/DC, Touché Amoré, Andrew McMahon, and many, many more artists will be playing Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival 2015. Check out the full poster below and let us know who you’re excited to see. To see these bands live, you can buy concert tickets here. Please follow and like us:

The newest installment of the Punk Goes… series, Punk Goes Pop Vol. 6, was released this week and to say it is the best installment of the series in a while would be a complete understatement. For the first time in a long time, we are treated to a 13-song compilation that delivers quality as well as ingenuity. My idea of a successful cover is when the artist changes it up enough so it’s not instantly recognizable as a cover, but not so much that the song loses what made…

Nirvana may not be the greatest band of all time, or deserve a spot in the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame, but you have to admit. It’s pretty impressive when one of your favorite bands covers a legendary song. And does it right. To add a few extras as to why Brooklyn’s new found glory Secret Someones deserve the utmost respect for going balls to the walls, they covered Nirvana’s “Breed” at the El Rey in Los Angeles, Monday night. Please follow and like us:

The MuchMusic Video Awards aired Sunday, June 15th on MuchMusic and CTV in Canada, Fuse in the United States, and 4Music in the UK. The event, which was hosted by Kendall and Kylie Jenner, honors the year’s best music videos. The big winners of the night were Drake, taking home two awards, and the band Hedley, taking home three awards, including Video of the Year, for their song “Anything.” A complete list of winners can be found after the jump. Please follow and like us:

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